Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.

Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.

One Florida State University student's story of survival is lighting up social media tonight. The student didn't realize until getting home this morning that one of the shooter's bullets was meant for him.

21-year-old Jason Derfuss posted his story on Facebook this morning. It's already been shared 18,000 times with over 35,000 "likes." Derfuss is confident in calling what happened in the library a "miracle survival."

As more than 50 police officers rushed to the call of an active gunman on Florida State University's campus, Linda and Donald Derfuss got a chilling call from their son.

Jason Derfuss -- a senior at FSU -- was caught in the gunfire. Prepping for the end of the semester, he was ending a late-night study session. That's when he saw a fellow student gunned down just 50 feet from him.

"My body was kind of in shock. I didn't know what to do," said Jason Derfuss.

Jason realized -- three hours later when he got home -- he was also a target. After opening his bag, Jason saw shredded pages from the three books he had just checked out from the library.

"Two of the books I checked out had a bullet hole in them," said Jason Derfuss.

A bullet was lodged in the third book -- a text for his religion theology class. The Humanities student survived a night where he says God intervened.

"I know God's looking out for me. There's really no other explanation for it," said Jason Derfuss.

"I have a whole new light on Thanksgiving this year. [I'm] very thankful for the fact that he's alive," said Linda Derfuss.